Special radiation dosimetry at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$153.30
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$876.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$63.83 with BCBS-TX vs $2,894.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $63.83 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $76.09 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $80.56 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $89.52 | ↓ -42% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $127.47 | ↓ -17% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $130.34 | ↓ -15% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $132.99 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $132.99 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $135.65 | ↓ -12% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $136.98 | ↓ -11% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $142.30 | ↓ -7% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $152.94 | ↓ -0% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $192.84 | ↑ +26% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $199.49 | ↑ +30% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $227.20 | ↑ +48% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $240.20 | ↑ +57% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $283.88 | ↑ +85% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $398.97 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $411.72 | ↑ +169% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $432.22 | ↑ +182% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $481.80 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $490.56 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $516.84 | ↑ +237% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $534.36 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $744.60 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $876.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,475.00 | ↑ +862% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,894.00 | ↑ +1788% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $463.21 | $92.44 – $694.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $539.97 | $30.36 – $674.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $463.21 | $75.89 – $694.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $422.48 | $75.89 – $528.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $539.97 | $18.68 – $674.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $463.21 | $239.32 – $694.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $422.48 | $75.89 – $633.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $539.97 | $30.36 – $674.96 |